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A heavy cost
26 Jan 2021 9:57 PM ISTHastened by the pandemic, the inevitable automation of the global workforce threatens to further widen the development distribution gaps in India’s...
Image shift
23 Jan 2020 8:43 PM ISTStakeholder capitalism may become a buzzword but can it deliver on its promise?
Decoding food inflation
15 Jan 2020 9:47 PM ISTWith retail inflation hitting double-digits, onions are being made to take the brunt of the blame but is it actually a fair assessment?
Dejected farms
9 Jan 2020 8:55 PM ISTIndian farmers have accumulated huge debts due to crop damages and less remunerative price for produce, staring at another loss despite good rains
A measure of development
25 July 2019 6:01 PM ISTGovernment investment in agriculture has dipped across the world in 17 years. In contrast to popular belief, agriculture’s share in global economy has...
Chasing the monsoon
2 July 2019 8:25 PM ISTJuly deficit for monsoon means 90 per cent chance of falling below normal
Enhancing agriculture
28 Jun 2019 10:08 PM ISTPrivate and government: Who is investing how much for agriculture?
Is NOTA the answer to TINA?
25 April 2019 10:08 PM ISTThe ‘None of the Above’ provision on electoral voting machines is turning out to be a decentralised protest
Social media and elections
19 April 2019 10:11 PM ISTPolarisation of development news on social media makes its impact partisan and ineffective
Towards rural economic crisis
14 April 2019 11:19 PM ISTFifth consecutive drought for 1/3 districts, dipping rural wages, El Nino threatening monsoon have squeezed livelihood options for over 500 million...
Democracy is good for health
17 March 2019 11:03 PM ISTA study of 170 countries between 1980 and 2016 brings out for the first time the impact of democratic systems on public health
Securing the Third Pole
17 Feb 2019 9:47 PM ISTAn Arctic Council-like Himalayan body brewing in India’s backyard